Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Kalenkoski, Charlene Marie
Author-X-Name-First: Charlene
Author-X-Name-Last: Kalenkoski
Author-Email: kalenkos@ohio.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: Ohio University
Author-Name: Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia
Author-X-Name-First: Sabrina Wulff
Author-X-Name-Last: Pabilonia
Author-Email: Pabilonia.Sabrina@bls.gov
Author-Workplace-Name: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Title: Parental Transfers, Student Achievement, and the Labor Supply of College Students
Abstract: Using nationally representative data from the NLSY97 and a simultaneous equations model, this paper analyzes the financial motivations for and the effects of employment on U.S. college studentsí academic performance. The data confirm the predictions of the theoretical model that lower parental transfers and greater costs of attending college increase the number of hours students work while in school, although students are not very responsive to these financial motivations. They also show that increased hours of work lead to lower grade point averages (GPAs), at least for students attending four-year colleges.
Length: 38 pages
Creation-Date: 2006-11
Publication-Status: Available in the Office of Productivity and Technology
File-URL: http://www.bls.gov/ore/pdf/ec060130.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
Number: 401
Classification-JEL: D1, I2, J22
Keywords: employment, transfers, GPA
Handle: RePEc:bls:wpaper:ec060130